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No. 624,641. Pat ent ed Ma 's, 189's. (1:. s. GALLAGHER.

COPY HOLDER FOB TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

(Application filed May 12, 1898.)

(No Model.)

NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. GALLAGHER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO ZILLIAII B. GALLAGHER, HENRY F. GALLAGHER, EMMA G.GALLAGHER, AND JULIUS M. .FAIRCHILD, OF SAME PLACE.

COPY-HOLDER FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,641, dated May 9,1899.

' Application filed May 12, 1898. Serial No. 680,447. (No model.) i

T (1. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. GALLAGHER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Copy-Holders for Type-VVriting Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In many type-writing machines the sheet of paper upon which theimpression is made I0 is passed around a roller above the circular rangeof types that are thrown up successively by the action of the keys andthe copy either in the form of manuscript or stenographic notes has beenheld upon a plate or [5 other support at the side of the type-writingmachine.

The object of the present invention is to support the copy immediatelytDOVGthG typewriting machine, so as to be more easily ob- :0 served bythe type-writer and to be near the sheet that is being written on, sothat they can easily be compared,and the copy-holder is supported withreference to allowing the typewriting machine to be actuated in theusual mannerthat is to say, for the rolleraround which the sheet passesto be swung back to examine the writing from time to time-and when thisis done the copy-holder is moved to the rear, and when the roller of thetype- 0 writing machine is returned to its normal position thecopy-holderis restored to its position for convenient examination.

In carrying out this invention a jointed column is made use ofcontaining an adjustable pivot-rod that can be raised or lowered andalso swung around laterally, and the copyholder in the form of a plateor similar support is upon an arm extending out from a joint, and thecopy-holder is supported upon 40 a roller or bar connected with thecarriage for the roller upon the type-writing machine, so that suchcarriage can move, as usual, beneath the copy-holder, and when thecarriage is swung up for examining the writing the 4 5- cOpy-holderiscarried to the rear,the two joints allowing for the swinging motion incarrying the copy-holder to the rear, as well as when such copy-holderis restored to its normal position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View, partially in section, of theimproved copyholder, illustrating the position of the same in'relationto the type-writing machine; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

The socket A can be either attached upon the type-writing machine orupon the table or bed supportingthe same, and this socket A has avertical hole adapted to receive the base of the two-part column B B, sothat the column and the parts carried by it can be lifted out from thesocket and rem oved or replaced, as desired. This gives facility forconnecting the copy-holder in place or for removing the same whenthe'machine is to be covered or housed.

The column B B is provided with the hinge O, that connects the twoparts, and this hinge is advantageously made as a stop-hinge, so thatthe upper part of the column will be ar rested when in line with thelower part; but the upper part of the column can be swung to the rearwhenever desired, and there is a spring 2, that tends to bring the partsof the column into linewith each other. This spring may be of wirecoiled around the pivot of the stop-hinge and having one arm extendingupward and the other downward to act against the respective parts of thecolumn.

The upper part B of the column is tubular to receive the vertical rod orpivot D, which carries the other parts of the copy-holder, and this rodD can be raised or lowered in the tubular portion B of the column, andthere is a collar E,with a screw 3, by which it is clamped upon the rodD at any desired point after raising or lowering such rod D and the copyholder carried by it, and it is advantageous to provide a key orprojection A upon the upper end of the column B, entering a notch in theunder side of the collar E when the parts 0 of the copy-holder are'inposition for use; but by lifting the rod D sufficient to separate thekey 4 from the groove or notch in the collar E the copy-holder can beturned aside upon the vertical rod B as a pivot.

At the upper end of the rod D is a hinge 5, I by which the arm F isconnected to the rod D, and thisarm F carries at its end the copyholderG, which is preferably in the form of a plate having a bottom ledge orsupport 6 for sustaining the copy, and this holder may be of any desiredsize or character. The arm F is preferably of wire passing through ahole in the hinge-piece 5, there being a screw 7, by which the wire ofthe arm can be clamped,

and such wire arm can be moved one way or.

parent that the arm F can be bent more or less in bringing thecopy-holder to the proper position in relation to the type-writingmachine.

It is generally advantageous for the copyholder to be immediately overthe type-writ ing machine and central to the same, and it also should besupported so that it will not vibrate by the action of the type-writingmachine. With. this object in view a bar or rod H is supported over therear portion of the carriage L, and a roller I upon the back and lowerportion of the copy-holder rests upon this rod H. Any suitable means maybe made use of for securing this rod H to the carriage in thetype-writing machine. I have shown and prefer to use the clips K, thatare adapted to grasp the carriage or frame L of the typewriting machineat their lower ends, there being screws 9 to tighten the clips,and byproviding alower rod H, preferably square, passing through theclips K,these clips can be placed nearer to or farther from each other,according to the convenience in the attachment of the rod to thetype-writing machine, and when each clip is made in two parts, asrepresented, the screw tightens such clip upon the rod H, as well asupon the frame or carriage of the type-writing machine.

When the frame or carriage of the type-writing machine is raised andswung back, the rods H and H and the clips are carried with it, and therod H, acting upon the roller I, carries the copy-holder G bodily to therear, and the upper part B of the column swings on the hinge O, and theparts also turn more or less upon the hinge 5, so that the copy-holderdoes not interfere with the type-writer in the examination of thetypewritten matter, and

when the carriage of the type-writing machine is swung down to positionfor use the parts are restored and the weight of the copy-holder andcopy is taken by the rod H, but such rod H moves backward and forward inoperating the type-writing machine.

At M a portion of the rear of a type-writing machine is indicated, andwhen desired a spring-finger 0 may be provided to steady or hold thecopy-book or manuscript on the plate or holder G, as shown in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention- 1. The two-part column B B and connecting-hingeO, in combination with the socket A by which such column is supported,the rod D received into the upper part of the column, the copy-holderand arm F and the hinge by which the arm is connected to the upper endof the rod, and a collar and screw for sustaining the weight of theparts and allowing for their vertical adjustment, substantially as setforth.

2. The two-part column B B and connecting-hinge O in combination withthe socket A by which such column is supported, the rod D received intothe upper part of the col- 11 mn, the copy-holder and arm F and thehinge by which the arm is connected to the upper end of the rod and acollar and screw. for sustaining the weight of the parts and allowingfor their vertical adjustment, a key upon the upper end of the columnand a notch in the collar for retaining the copy-holder in positionhorizontally, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the copy-holder and an arm, of a column and ahinge connecting the column and the arm, a roller upon the copy-holderand a horizontal rod connected with the type-writing machine and uponwhich the roller rests, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the copy-holder and its arm, of a column andhinge to connect the arm and column, a roller upon the copyholder, a rodupon which the roller rests and clips for connecting the rod and thetype-writing machine, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 10th day of May, 1898.

GEORGE S GALLAGHER.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

